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July 21, 2021 01:17 pm

The Biden administration should take the First Amendment as seriously as Facebook misinformation




President Joe Biden speaks in front of a banner promoting Vaccines.gov with the slogan “WE CAN DO THIS”
White House / Adam Schultz



Last week, the White House declared war on anti-vaccine misinformation and Facebook’s moderation system. President Joe Biden said that Facebook and other social networks were “killing people” by hosting false information about vaccines, although he later softened the attack. Facebook disputed the accusation sharply, promoting its vaccine efforts. And yesterday, the Biden administration hit back with a troubling — and unnecessary — promise that it was “reviewing” internet law in response to misinformation.


I want to be clear: the White House’s vaccine push is a good thing. American COVID-19 cases are abruptly rising as the virus’s Delta strain spreads, fewer than half of all Americans are fully vaccinated, and nearly all recent US...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/22585152/biden-white-house-facebook-vaccine-misinformation-section-230-first-amendment

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